Single-player games like Panelak
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Panelak, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Paragnosia
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Panelak.
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
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Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panelak.
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
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Subliminal
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Panelak.
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Panelak.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Hollow Cocoon
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Panelak.
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
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Mindlock - The Apartment
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panelak.
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Panelak.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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GESTALT: The Fifth Day
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Panelak.
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Panelak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Panelak.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.